Category: China

New disclosures by the Dutch government call into question the UN human rights office’s denial that it handed over names of activists to the Chinese government, and we urge the UN to clarify. In a letter from Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok, replying to queries filed by Dutch lawmakers over the …

China lauded Saudi Arabia’s human rights record in a review session at the UN Human Rights Council, one day before Saudi Arabia is expected to return the favor when China is reviewed by the same body. The mandatory reviews are held for each country once every five years. CHINA: “Mr. President, the …

Click here for YouTube This is fantastic. @HillelNeuer speaking truth to power by bravely calling out the absurdity of countries like Russia, China and Venezuela sitting on the UN Human Rights Council. Please take 2 minutes to watch this clip https://t.co/l0ycB4fFR4 — Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) August 4, …

GENEVA, April 16, 2018 – A Swiss-based watchdog organization today called on the world body not to elect a “rogues’ gallery of the world’s worst human rights abusers” to the 19-nation UN committee that accredits human rights organizations, including candidate countries Iran, Russia, …

Click here for video in original Chinese GENEVA, March 20, 2018 – As reported now in the New York Times, the Chinese government today interrupted UN testimony (see below) by one of its most well-known former political prisoners, who took the floor on behalf of the Geneva based human rights group UN Watch, as he …

MEMBERS: Saudi Arabia Iraq, Cuba, China, Qatar, Angola, Burundi, Pakistan, Venezuela, DR Congo, Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates… Meet the 2018 membership of the U.N. Human Rights Council, elected by the United Nations with the mandate to “uphold the highest standards in the promotion and …

This week, the New York Times reported about China’s crackdown on human rights activists, particularly its harassment of, and reprisals against, activists who attend UN meetings. As UN Watch pointed out at the March 2017 Human Rights Council session and again in May, in a letter complaint to Human Rights Chief …

GENEVA, June 19, 2017 – China just took the floor at the UN Human Rights Council to exercise a right of reply to the testimony by UN Watch speaker Anastasia Lin (see below). China’s Reply China expresses strong indignation and resolute opposition to the unfounded claims made by some NGOs [UN …

Rosa Maria Paya – Daughter of Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya, the victim of assassination by Cuban regime “Because of the dictatorship, the whole population has been forced into poverty and live without the most basic human rights.” “The regime’s intelligence apparatus and the powerful …

China is running for a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council China’s official UN campaign pledge includes the following absurd claims: China attaches “great importance” to “promoting and protecting” human rights. China has worked actively to “guarantee people’s rights to be …